Jackson Browne – The Rebel Jesus (Ukulele)

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All the streets are filled with laughter and light

                  F                    G
And the music of the season

                   C
And the merchants' windows are all bright

                  Cmaj7               Am
With the faces of the children

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And the families hurrying to their homes

               F                           C
As the sky darkens and freezes

                     F                                      C
We'll be gathering around their hearths and tables

               Am                         G
Giving thanks for God's graces

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And the birth of the rebel Jesus

C
Well they call him by the prince of peace

                  F                        G
And they call him by the savior

                    C
And they pray to him upon the seas

             Cmaj7               Am
And in every bold endeavor

                  F                                             C
And they fill His churches with their pride and gold

                 F                         C
As their faith in Him increases

                       F                                         C
But they've turned the nature that I worshipped in

              Am                G
From a temple to a robber's den

             F                    G        C
In the words of the rebel Jesus

C
We guard our world with locks and guns

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And we guard our fine possessions

         C
And once a year when Christmas comes

       Cmaj7              Am
We give to our relations

                  F                              C
And perhaps we give a little to the poor

             F                              C
If the generosity should seize us

           F                                   C
But if any one of us should interfere

             Am                 G
In the business of why there are poor

                        F                     G       C
They get the same as the rebel Jesus

        C
But pardon me if I have seemed

        F                           G
To take the tone of judgment

              C
For I've no wish to come between

        Cmaj7                    Am
This day and your enjoyment

        F                                     C
In a life of hardship and of earthly toil

                   F                                       C
There’s a need for anything that frees us

           F
So I bid you pleasure

            C
And I bid you cheer

               Am                     G
From a heathen and a pagan

               F                 G      C
On the side of the rebel Jesus